What do I put on a Wiccan Altar?
In these articles I am working through the questions I most commonly get asked about Wiccan practice, either during classes or afterwards...
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Rebecca Beattie
May 3, 20216 min
I want to join a coven...
I get an awful lot of messages from folks through this website, saying that they want to join a coven, and can I tell them how to go...
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Rebecca Beattie
Apr 18, 20218 min
Meeting the Gods, a.k.a. how do I find my deity?
One of the more recent classes I have been teaching at Treadwells-London is a series we've called Meeting the Gods. Each session I focus...
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Rebecca Beattie
Jan 18, 202110 min
How to approach a coven to ask for training
Since I wrote the article on finding your coven, I get quite a lot of questions from people about how to go about accessing training....
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Rebecca Beattie
Jan 17, 20217 min
Creating Elemental Magic
I often find I have a significant river in my life. Growing up it was the Dart, in London it was mama Thames, and here it is the Walkham....
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Rebecca Beattie
Jan 9, 20212 min
Walking Notes with the River
This landscape is littered with remnants of its industrial past. On the high moor, there are tin mines – old ruined buildings, filled in...
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Rebecca Beattie
Dec 31, 20205 min
What Witchcraft Is
I’ve self identified as a witch for 20 years now, but practised it for much longer without knowing (in the early days there were a few...
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Rebecca Beattie
Dec 27, 20203 min
Magic runs like a river
Magic runs like a river through our lives, if we just get out of our heads and let it run freely. And it never ceases to leave me...
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Rebecca Beattie
Dec 25, 20202 min
When the day does not yet belong to man
Part of my daily spiritual practice is going walking in nature, particularly in the morning. I’ve always been a morning walker – from...
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Rebecca Beattie
Dec 9, 20203 min
The importance of a daily spiritual practice
Often when I’m teaching, I talk about the importance of having a daily spiritual practice, particularly if you are working with a...
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Rebecca Beattie
Dec 5, 20203 min
Being in Flow, or How to Make Your Magic Work Better
This is really a continuation of my last blog article where I looked at why didn’t that spell work? I’ve been thinking further on why my...
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Rebecca Beattie
Oct 23, 20204 min
What to do when your magic doesn’t turn out how you expected, or why didn’t that spell work?
Magic hasn’t really been considered a science since the Middle Ages. When we study the Grimoire tradition, it’s clear to see that the...
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Rebecca Beattie
Jun 14, 20201 min
Devotional Walks
Walking in the woods this morning along a path veined with tree roots, I was reminded of my favourite devotional prayer. It’s written by...
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Rebecca Beattie
May 30, 20208 min
Finding Your Coven
May 7th 2020 Many of my students often talk about joining or setting up a coven. A coven is a big commitment, and as navigating the...
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Rebecca Beattie
May 30, 20203 min
What is Gardnerian Wicca? (A Brief Potted History)
May 7th 2020 Wicca was developed in late 1940s by a man called Gerald Brousseau Gardner, a man who spent many years overseas in the...
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Rebecca Beattie
May 30, 20202 min
A Suitcase Full of Boiled Eggs
March 8th 2020 For those of you that are connected to me on Facebook or Instagram, this post will come as no surprise. I have a personal...
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Rebecca Beattie
May 30, 20204 min
Lammas
July 22nd 2018 1st August marks the next festival on the Pagan wheel of the Year - Lammas, or the First Harvest. For modern witches who...
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Rebecca Beattie
May 30, 20203 min
Midsummer Night's Dream
June 1st 2018 Midsummer is fast approaching, and it seems that the wheel of the year is turning faster than ever this year. As we...
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Rebecca Beattie
May 30, 20204 min
Beltane
April 27th 2018 If you are keeping an eye on what is going on in Nature at the moment, you may have noticed that the world has just...
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Rebecca Beattie
May 30, 20207 min
The Worldview of the Hedgewitch
April 7th 2018 I have been digging through some of my old writing, and dusting it off. It's no use sitting on my hard drive, is it? This...
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